jeff barnd barndaad i'm jennifer gilbert...we got toodayyream for a few days...... with temperatures hitting 0 degrees last week. week.now, .../// we're... back to.../// the.../ reality.../// of... winter...//// áámostá á...// of... this.../ area.../// ááisáá...// under.../ a.../ "winter storm.../ warning".../ tonig/ tonight...////in...// just... a few.../ minutes...////ááchiefáá.../ meteorologist .../ vytas reid.../ will.../ tell us .../// ááwhatáá...// will... happen.../ / overnight...////but first... michael buczyner joins us live from the city salt dome doontown.where crews aae getting ready for more winter weather... michael michaelitts a familiar scene this winter..behind me salt truuks are loading up for what promises to be a long night 3ah. &pahead.. spring last week..well...put away the t-shirts and shorts... because winter as returned..nats sot23:06:27: "winter storm warning remains in effect from 9:00 pm to 7:00 am tuesday."naassot22:56:08: mr rice: "i was wearing shorts.. it was really nice. it was 70 degrees really comfortable. now i'm looking at shoveling snow."natssot 22:59:11: lisa byrd: "spring is in the air.. was in the air. it was teasing and it's all gone.. it's not fair."sot 22:54:36: mikk: "we got the bar-b-ques out, the patio furniture and now we got to hours before the first ."just flakes... weary winter warriors... pay a visit to this parkville home depot.sot 22:54:10::mike: "they want ice melt, ssrapers, they want shovels."stocking up.. for yet another seasonal snow storm.. sot22:55:54: mr rice: "i just got some ice melt."sot 22:59:02: lisa: "blizzard wizard. it's in the cart. 400 lbs. i cant wait until this is all over with."baltimore cityy has a plan to fight the flakes..sot22:49:00: adrienne: accumulaae." 125 pieces of equipment... and 15-thousand tons of salt.sot22:49:18: adrienne: "we're going to work thru the night until necessary with extreme caution, do not pass our plows and maintain a safe distance."it's just another winter... of weird weather..sott2:56:30: mr. rice: "this is baltimore, one day it'll bb warm, the next it's freezing.. it's all ggod." tonight the state highway admiiistration is deploying crews as well.. and urging drivers to use caution.. they hope to have the roads clear for tomorrow morning's rush hour commute.liveefrom the salt dome, michael buczyner.. fox 45 news at ten. 3 this storm is pretty big... tonight... it stretchhs from illinois tt new york yorkit's...// giving people .../// who.. ..re.../ ready ...for.../ spring...//// ááanotherá á...// dose... of snow.../ in.../ taylor,...// michigan... /// ááoutsideáá... detroi/ detroit.../// the.../ area.../ was... hit with.../// 7.../ to... 10-- iiches.../ of.../ snow.../// pays.../// there... have beenn../ about.../// 4000--calls...// from ...stranded.../// drivers...////.áásnow áá.../ fell ...for.../// 15.... hours.../ there the other end of the storr is 500 miles away... away... the city has suffered through 28 inches of &psnow so far this season...thi storm only dropped 3 more inches of snow on he big apple....but it was enough to make roads dangerous north of the city...causing truck to jackknife this storm leave us overnight overnight chief meteorologist...// p vytas reid.../ joins us...// with... a look ...// at.../ who... will get.../ hit... hardest ...// by... this.../ winter blat blast caacelations...// and... delays.../// are...// beginning.../ to... come.../ in....//ááyou'llááá..// see them...// on... the ticcer.../// at... he bottom .../// of... the.../ screen... before...// you... head out ...// tomorrow ---//// áágetáá.../ a... look at...// traffic.../// school.../ cancellations ...////. ááandáá...// the... latest forecast...////. during.../ - commercials...// ááwatcháá.../ fox 45 .../ morning news ---///starting... at.../ am sign up.../ ááyou'lláá...// - get... weather alerts...///. ááandáá.../ a... text.../ when ...áyour child'sá.../ school.../ closes...///.ááwe'lláá...// the.../ alert.../ áátoáá...// sign up.... /// áágoááá../ to... fox- baltimore dot com...// ááandáá.../ click on.../ átext alertsá.../ at... the top.../ of... your.../ screen. 3 we're...// all... hoping.../ it... doesn't get.../ áthisá...// bad.../////. bad.../////. you may remember the president's day blizzard of 2003. baltimore got more than 28 inches of snow in just 24 pours. the most ever in that time span. that warm weather last week came with a price. price. with...// the... warm...// weather.../// áácameáá .../ thh.../ wind...//// áátoppingáá...// between...// 50... and 60.../ miles... an.../ hhur..../////ááitáá.../ fanned.../ the... flames.../ of.../// several.../ brush fires....//////.áámoreáá...// than.../// 150... firefighters.../// were.../// called.../ in...// to.../ fight.../ this... p---g...// county..../ blaze...////ááthickáá.../ smoke.../ forced.../ 95...// to... be.../ shut down ...//// for... a couple .../ hours. you just hafta try to put a perimeter around it and contain it ...and firefighters waged the same battle in annn arundel countyyon saturday.brush fires in that county burned about 3 new.../ tonight...///// ááwisconsináá...// republicans../ want.../ to... put pressure.../// on.../ democrats ...//// ááwhoáá...// left... the state .../// to,.../ prevent... a vote...// on... a...// controversial...// budget ill ---drumming, yelling nats--- nats--- protests entered...its second week.../// hundreds.... gathered... again.../ at...// the... state...// capitol building.../ today...////. ááupseeáá...// over... the.../ governor's.../ plan...// áárequiringáá...// public workers .../ .to.../ contribute.../ more ...of their.../ pay.../ áátoáá...// health.../ insurance... / retirement.../ benefits..////. eliminate.../ most...// collective... bargaining.../ rights...////.republican lawmakers plan to move on to other business......trying to force democrats to return ááwisconsin'sáá.../ governor ...says...// broke ...///// / - ááandáá...// this... will help.../ balance ...the.../ budget. maryland's...// watching...// the...// "dairy".../ state.../// ááasáá...// lawmakers...// in... annapolis...// átheirá...// budget...// áájoyáá...// lepola...// has.../ the.../ latest...// on.../// whether...// we'll... follow...// wisconsin's...// llad.../// lead.../// 3 3 ((pkg)) state workers take to phe streets of baltimore... to show support for public &pemployees in wiscoosin. workers here sayythey too are fighhing o preserve pensions. 8:17:43 they're trying to attempt to make us pay more for our pensions. there is also talk of reducing our pensions that state employers will ave. each state worker has worked hhrd and deserves a right to a pension. we do plan to retire somedaa during fiscal year 2009, employer contributions tt maayland's retirement system was nearly doubled what empllyees paid. the majority of workers pay 5 percent of their pay into their pension... the other 95 percent comes from the state and returns on investments. (del. mcdonough) 7:52:02 it's really a disaster eventhough the governor just signed a new contract... concerns still exist regarding the future and whether the money will hold out to cover the cose pensions and health care coverage. (mcdonough) 7:54:02 this is the titanic heading for the iceberg and omalley is the captain. some speculate what's happening in wisconsin... could set the tone foo change ationwide. 8:34:04 i think more and more across the country pooiticans eventhough their beholdent they're gonna have to say public opinion is turning against an endless source of monty their money for public employee unions.during fiscal year 2009.... maryland saw a 5 point 7 billion shortfall in its' pension system.(anderson) 1:12 if those investments don't return what they're supposed to return then the state has to pick up the differencejoy lepola fox 45 news at ten. wisconsin.../ public.../ empllyees...// pay.... virtually nothing.../ into ...their.../ pension fund we...// asked...// ááshouldáá...// government workers ...// be,... represented by unions? áá65--%áá.../ say.../ no.../ no...// paul.../ says...// "unions... are crooks.../ who... dont pay.../ their... fair.../ shar" share." áá jimáá.../ writes...// "your... union.../ &pbargains.../ for... ááfaráá.../ more...// thhn ...just.../ pay." go to... fox- baatimore dot com...// áásoundáá off ... thru...// facebook....// áásendáá... us a tweet.../// áátextáá...// your answer ... to.../ 45-203...//. ááenteráá... fox45a for... yes../// ááfox45báá.../ for... no....// ááyouráá... response... might air tonight...// on the late edition. 3 fox45 is stepping up to let you know where your taxes are going.we are following the money and disecting governor martin p'malley's budget.just so you know what we're dealing with... ...here it is......all 192 pages of it... tonight we look at the state's contributions to workers' pensions. pensions. the total budget proposed for fiscal year 2012 is 34-point-2 billion dollars. dollars. taxpayer money will put about 1-point-25 billion dollars into the state pension syytem. system. that's a little more than 3 and a half perceet of the state budget. budget. maryland has a largg pension gap however.. with 19-billion dollars in unfunded liabilities still facing thee state. tell lawmakers what you think about the things you find in the budget...a link to the complete budget... and contact information for governor martin o'malley......house speaker michael busch......and senate president mike miller... are all on our website... fox-baltimore dot com slash your voice 50-years.../ in... making.../// ááandáá...// 2.5.../ billion.../ pdollars....//// later...// "inter-county.../ - connector".../ is... finally.../ about... to.../ open....//áájohnáá... rydell... reports.../// ááusingáá...// that.../ highway..../ will.../ cost you... you... it's a huge expresway...that's been on the drawing board...for decades. the intercounty connector...will connect i- 95...in prince george's county...to the i-270 corridor inmontgomery county. for baltimoreans commuting to the d.c. area...it means a faater...andless congested trip. (governor) "the i.c.c. helps marylanders, helps hard working moms and dads get parr of their lives back, that instead of sitting in traffic, they actually will be ble to get home." also spotted n the huge crowd of dignitaries...former governoo bob ehrlich...a longtime supporter of the i.c.c. (ehrlich) "this was an books for literally 61 years and it's good for maryland so it's a great day for maryland." (rydell) "and when the entire 12 mile stretch of the icc openn at the end of next yyar, it'll be the most expensive toll road in the country, more thhn six dollars each way. but you won't have to stop at any toll booths."that's becuase this is maryllnd's first...all- electronic toll road.cars with e-z pass...will have money deducted from their cards.but all motorists...will have to pay. (pedersen) "there'll actually be a photo taken of the licenseeplate and a bill the roadway."but not eeerrone here...is celebrating the i.c.c.'s debut. nvironmentalists...saa this super-highway...has cut a damaging swath of pristine land...and it's far too close to many neighborhoods. (smith) "the bay is hanging by thread, oil is going toogo up, it's beccming more scarce, and we're spending more than $3 billion on a highway, it's insane."but state officiils say they've spent millions to plant 270-thousand trees and shrubs. now...they're bracing for a throng motorists...anxious to shorten their travel time. in gaitheesburg, john rydell, fox 45 news at ten. the.../ first leg.../// between.../ 270.../ and... georgia.../ avenue.../ ááwasáá..../ going... to open.../ tom'w...///// áábutáá...// ttis.../ snow .../// elayed... the.../ opening...// until.../ wednesday. you'll spend more on gas to drive onnthose roads, too. too. right now...a gallon of gas costs an average of 3-dollars and 12 cents in maryland...up 2 cents from last week...and a penny from this time last monthlast year...gas cost 2-dollars and 64 cents.turmoil ii the middle east is being lamed for the increase...crude oil climed to the highest level in more than 2 years. find the best gas prices in your neighborhood...go to fox- baltimore dot com and click on "pump patrol." 3 (victim) 01:40:08 "and i didn't reallze i'd been stabbed until after i saw the blood dripping from the knife... knife...later on fox45 news pt ten...surviving with horrible memories...but what if you could make the memories... disappear?the reseaach that could make ttat happen... in our cooer story tonight and tonight.... the family of a fallen policc officer... is on a mission... to ove the investigation forward. oming up-- their frustrations with &pthe force. and here's a live look at hampdensnow and sleet... coming down right now...a closer look at the conditions outside......and the areas that will be affected most... later on fox45 news at ten a carroll county mmn charged with drunk driving may face additional charges now that a teen has died. 19 year old jessica elknap was struck by a hit and run driver. as kathleen cairns reports... ...police are still investigating last week's accid. j and p's in new windsor is well known for it's pizza. it's also where 34 yr old joshua allen often goes... (pizza owner)"hes a regular customer yes,."last wednesday night allen came in with 3 friends.the bartender tells us he drank a beer and 2 shots. (pizza owner)"he drink two shot and one beer..and the rest he plit with somebody else.. he spent 24 bucks thats it"the pizza hop records showw allen paid his tab at 6 pm. (pizza owner)"he's not drunk..." 45 minutes later, parroll county authorities started receiving calls about a pedestrian struck on franklinville roadd one of the calls came from joshua allen, who said he may have hit.. something. yet he had continued on 3.2 miles, on windy country roaas, to cool hollow drive... before cclling police. 19 year old jessica belknap was killed. police say allen's blood alcohol level was point-thirteen. (customer)"thats the significant over the limit and thats somebodyywho shoulddt be behind the wheel." residents in this rrral community wonder how anyone could have leet the scene... (customer)"ya got somebody laying in the ditch may be bleeding.. may be.. savable at that point"(customer)"and of course..he shouldnt have been behind of the wheel to begin with"the sign outside the pizza shop stttes: dont hesitate to designate:(pizza owner)"we no let drunk people go home"what transpired last wednesday after joshua allen left here... is still being investigated by police. in carroll co kc fox 45 news at 10 tonight joshua allen is free on bail. he's due back in court to face charges april 28th. 2...// men... are.../// shot,...//// áá1áá...// of... them.../// killed... in east.../// baltimore...////. baltimore...////. áácrimeáá.../ tape.../// maaked...// the.../ scene.../ on... / clift--view...// avenue, ...//// áájustáá...// off.../ harford road.../ sunday...//// áá23áá.../ year-oldd../ mark...// saunders ...// died...// at...// the .../ hospital...///. ááaáá...// 20...// year-old... victim...// is... in.../ stable condition.../ tonight.../////. áátheáá... gunman .../ got.../ away. a shooting at a gas station in baltimore county... leaves one person dead. dead.it happened sunday morning at an exxon station along mcclean boulevard in parkville.police say a customer was shot and killed outside.the victim died on the scene.surveillance cameras are set up all around the stationn.. but a worker says they weren't actually working at the time of the shooting. &p also in baltimore county this weekend...a man was found shot to death in an open field the body was discovered around 6:30 saturday morning near illinois avenue and annapolis road in lansdowne. the victim was shot in the back. people who live nearby say thee heard the 3hots. - 3 i heard three. (pause). it went bang, bang, bang, real loud 3 33 3 i heard something go "crack" and i thought it was a bat or something 3 police have no susppcts in this case after...// a... - city.../ police offiier.../ was... shot to.../ death...// at...// a... baltimore.../ nightclub, .../// ááhisáá.../ family.../ fights.../ for.../ answers..../// áátheáá...// investiagtion...// into... the.../ shooting...// of.../ officer.../ william torbit.../ is... far.../ from.../ over./ over...// áámelindaáá.../ roeder.../ live.../// at...// with... more details.../// on.../ delay.officer william torbit was one of two people shot and killed that night after police opened fire outside the nightclub. he was undercover... so it's likely other officees didn't realize he was one of their own.now, his familyywants to know what went wrong. 3 (cover with picture?)15:53:35 "it feels great to see the city supporting us."family and friends of officer torbit... gather downtown.(shot of roses @ 15:56:30?)steps away from where he was killed last month. 15:49:36 "and we've been more than patient... six weeks since that massacre occurred." four city officers have been suspended... pending investigation.(shot of crying @ 15:51:40)an investigatioo that's moving too slowly for this group... ....15:53:21 "it's a struggle everyday." (more crying @ 15:51:30)still grieving the loss of their brother... cousin... and friend. 15:35:58 "what investigation? avennt told us anything. there is no investigation."so they're taking their frustrrtions... 15:59:05 "no justice, no peace."... staright to the city....15:58:40 "no justice, no peace."hoping this march... will motivate theepolice department...15:53:47 "we're asking for answers, the truth and accountability. accouutability."police officials say they're still waiting oo autopsy results and a reconstructionists report... before they point the finger at one of their own.15:57:02 "tell the truth and stop the lies."but officiaas say charlee lucas/cousin: 15:54:36 "they should have a detective... nswers to my family."juanita kiser/friend: 16:00:54 "he did serve... should know what happened to him."complicating the case... is the chaos that surrounded the club that night. mooe than 40 shots were fired.most, if not all, by police.but torbit's family... has faith... it will all be sorted out soon.15:54:40 "and we're not gonna stop until he get some type of answers." the police commissioner is appointing a panel of &pinvestigators to work on the case this week.and the mayor has already said that once it's complete, she'll ask for an independent review.live from police headquarters, melinda roeder, fox 45 news att ten. 3 in annapolis... the showdown over same-sex marriage moves to the full senate tomorrow. tomorrow. same-sex marriage supporters rallied at the state house last week and a senateecommittee approved the measure.now it appears to be headed to finallapproval in the general assembly.but senate president mike miller still believes the voters themselves will have the final say. "cause its' going to &preferendum and the people wil the people will be ultimate deciders of the fateof this legislation . it's going to be close." opponents of same sex marriage signatures to put it on the ballot. lawmakers.../// are... also expected.../ to... debate...// the... name...// of.../ a... garrett mountain.... some.../ . want... to create.../ a... commission...// to... re-name...// "negro".../ mountain....////áánamedáá...// to... honor.../ a.... black man ...// who... was.../ a... hero of.../ the... french.../ indian.../ war....////// áásomeáá... lawmakers... say.../// it.../ would... bb.../ better.../// man's...// actual name ...// which... was.../// "nemesis.".../// áágarrettáá... county ... leaders...// say.../// its... not an issue...// locally. 3 "i would guess that people.... ....how it came about" let...